Tarairí
Tarairí | ||
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Basic data | ||
Residents (state) | 553 pop. (2012 census) | |
height | 530 m | |
Post Code | 06-0303-0103-2001 | |
Telephone code | (+591) | |
Coordinates | 21 ° 6 ′ S , 63 ° 25 ′ W | |
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politics | ||
Department | Tarija | |
province | Gran Chaco Province | |
climate | ||
Climate diagram Villamontes |
Tarairí is a town in the Tarija department in the extreme south of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Tarairí is the fourth largest town in the municipality of Villamontes in the Gran Chaco province . The village is located at an altitude of 530 m on the right, western bank of the Río Tarairí, which joins nine kilometers downstream with the Río Camatindi to the Río Ihuiraru, a left tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Six kilometers west of the village extends the north-south running Voranden chain of Serranía Aguaragüe , which here reaches heights of more than 1500 m. Tarairí is located in the humid tropics and has a distinct dry season from June to September (see Villamontes climate diagram), the climate is semi-humid .
population
The population of the village has increased in the past decade:
year | Residents | source |
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1992 | no detailed data | census |
2001 | 496 | census |
2012 | 553 | census |
Transport network
Tarairí is located at a distance of 272 kilometers by road east of Tarija , the capital of the department.
To get from Tarija to Villamontes , first follow the Ruta 1 trunk road , which leads from Tarija in a south-easterly direction. After eight kilometers, the Ruta 11 road branches off to the east, reaching the town of Villamontes after 243 kilometers via Junacas Sur , Entre Ríos and Palos Blancos . The Ruta 11 then continues east via Ibibobo to Cañada Oruro , the border station on the border with Paraguay .
On the northern edge of Villamontes, the Ruta 9 road branches off in the direction of the metropolis of Santa Cruz in a northerly direction and passes the town of Caigua . Four kilometers after Caigua and one kilometer before the bridge over the Río Tarairí, a country road branches off to the northwest from the Ruta 9 and after another four kilometers reaches Tarairí .
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
Web links
- Relief map 6930-IV of the Tarairi region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 984 kB)
- Relief map of the Villamontes region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.68 MB)
- Municipio Villamontes - General Maps No. 60303
- Municipio Villamontes - detailed map and population data (PDF; 896 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )